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Review Installation Prerequisites

Before you start upgrading CA CSM, perform the following actions:

1. Confirm that you have all necessary prerequisite authorizations using the Prerequisite Validator utility.
2. Review disk space requirements.
   • Hierarchical File System (HFS) or zSeries File System (zFS) space = 2500 cylinders
   • z/OS space = 2400 cylinders
   • DASD space = 100 tracks
   • For the SDS, each target system needs 500 cylinders of 3390, except CA Database Management Solutions for DB2 for z/OS, which needs 1500 cylinders
3. Review software requirements:
   • CA software—Your system must have CA Common Services for z/OS Release 14.1, Version 14, or r12.
   • IBM software—Your system must satisfy the following requirements:
     • The latest version of z/OS or the last previous version
     • TCP/IP protocol suite of z/OS Communications Server, with the FTP.DATA data set configured with the JESINTERFACELEVEL 2 statement
     • SMP/E V3R5 at least
     • IBM Java SDK for z/OS
   • PC software—The computer that is used to access CA CSM must have one of the following web browsers:
     • Mozilla Firefox 13, 14, 15, or 16
     • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 8, or 9
     • Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 (compatibility mode only)

     Note: Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 native mode is not supported and causes multiple browser errors.

4. Review web access requirements to the following websites:
   • supportservices.ca.com
   • ftp.ca.com
   • ftpca.ca.com
   • scftpd.ca.com
   • ftpdownloads.ca.com
   • supportftp.ca.com
   • sdownloads.ca.com
5. Customize the following z/OS OMVS values:
   • MAXASSIZE(2147483647)
   • MAXCPUTIME(20000)
   • MAXFILEPROC(10000)
   • MAXTHREADS(1000)
   • MAXTHREADTASKS(1000)
6. Set up security on the following systems:
   • The CA CSM application server
   • Target systems
7. Configure the home directory for address space ACIDs.

Note: For more information, see the Administration Guide.